Pitchfork's 39 Best Albums of 2022 So Far

Bad Bunny, Rosalía, Big Thief, the Weeknd, the Smile, FKA twigs, and more of the best music of the first half of 2022

Published: June 13, 2022 14:00 Source

# 1

GOLD by Alabaster Deplume

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Spiritual Jazz Jazz Poetry Chamber Jazz

# 2

Warm Chris by Aldous Harding

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 3

Big Time by Angel Olsen

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country

# 4

Time Skiffs by Animal Collective

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 5

Ephemeral camera feed by Astrid Sonne

EP • Mar 18 / 2022 Progressive Electronic Ambient

# 6

Quest for fire by Axel Boman

Album • Apr 15 / 2022

# 7

LUZ by Axel Boman

Album • Apr 15 / 2022

# 8

Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

Album • May 06 / 2022 Reggaetón Latin Pop

# 9

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 10

Running with the Hurricane by Camp Cope

Album • Jan 19 / 2022 Indie Rock Jangle Pop

# 11

Pompeii by Cate Le Bon

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 12

CRASH by Charli XCX

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Dance-Pop

# 13

Topical Dancer by Charlotte Adigéry + Bolis Pupul

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Art Pop Tech House

# 14

LABYRINTHITIS by Destroyer

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Art Rock New Wave

# 15

SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 16

CAPRISONGS by FKA twigs

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Alternative R&B

# 17

From, Hook by Hook

Album • Jan 23 / 2022 Trap West Coast Hip Hop Cloud Rap Experimental Hip Hop

# 18

Plonk by Huerco S.

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 IDM Ambient Techno

# 19

Classic Objects by Jenny Hval

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Art Pop Ambient Pop

# 20

Neon Blue by Joshua Hedley

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Neo-Traditionalist Country

# 21

Jp5000 by Junglepussy

EP • Feb 04 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 22

Gifted by Koffee

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Dancehall

# 23

Shape Up by Leikeli47

Album • May 13 / 2022 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 24

Boat Songs by MJ Lenderman

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Slacker Rock Alt-Country

# 25

PAINLESS by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 26

It's Almost Dry by Pusha T

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 27

HYPNOS by Ravyn Lenae

Album • May 20 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 28

MOTOMAMI by ROSALÍA

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop

# 29

Air by Sault

Album • Apr 15 / 2022 Modern Classical Choral

# 30

We've Been Going About This All Wrong by Sharon Van Etten

Album • Nov 11 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 31

Wick City by Shawny Binladen

Album • Mar 31 / 2022 Sample Drill Gangsta Rap East Coast Hip Hop

# 32

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 33

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 34

Dawn FM by The Weeknd

Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 35

home by Two Shell

Single • Jan 20 / 2022 Hardcore Breaks UK Bass

# 36

It's Time...To Rise from the Grave by Undeath

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Death Metal

# 37

RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART by Vince Staples

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 West Coast Hip Hop

# 38

The Parable of the Sensei by VNTAGEPARADISE

Album • Dec 24 / 2021 Alternative Dance Dance-Punk Hypnagogic Pop

# 39

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 40

Glitch Princess by yeule

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Glitch Pop Art Pop